diff --git a/xCAT-client-2.0/xCAT-client.spec b/xCAT-client-2.0/xCAT-client.spec
index bd819e0b8..6699be5a9 100644
--- a/xCAT-client-2.0/xCAT-client.spec
+++ b/xCAT-client-2.0/xCAT-client.spec
@@ -170,11 +170,13 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 echo "XCATROOT=$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0
 PATH=\$PATH:\$XCATROOT/bin:\$XCATROOT/sbin
 MANPATH=\$MANPATH:\$XCATROOT/share/man
-export XCATROOT PATH MANPATH" >/etc/profile.d/xcat.sh
+export XCATROOT PATH MANPATH
+export PERL_BADLANG=0" >/etc/profile.d/xcat.sh
 
 echo "setenv XCATROOT \"$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0\"
 setenv PATH \${PATH}:\${XCATROOT}/bin:\${XCATROOT}/sbin
-setenv MANPATH \${MANPATH}:\${XCATROOT}/share/man" >/etc/profile.d/xcat.csh
+setenv MANPATH \${MANPATH}:\${XCATROOT}/share/man
+setenv PERL_BADLANG 0" >/etc/profile.d/xcat.csh
 chmod 755 /etc/profile.d/xcat.*
 
 %else
diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/xCAT-server.spec b/xCAT-server-2.0/xCAT-server.spec
index e78cebc8a..d292d4a75 100644
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/xCAT-server.spec
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/xCAT-server.spec
@@ -144,14 +144,18 @@ else
   echo "Unable to register init scripts on this system"
 fi
 if [ "$1" -gt "1" ]; then #only on upgrade...
-    /etc/init.d/xcatd restart
+	if [ -f "/proc/cmdline" ]; then   # prevent running it during install into chroot image
+    	/etc/init.d/xcatd restart
+    fi
 fi
 %endif
 
 %preun
 %ifos linux
 if [ $1 == 0 ]; then  #This means only on -e
-  /etc/init.d/xcatd stop
+	if [ -f "/proc/cmdline" ]; then   # prevent running it during install into chroot image
+  		/etc/init.d/xcatd stop
+  	fi
   if [ -x /usr/lib/lsb/remove_initd ]; then
       /usr/lib/lsb/remove_initd /etc/init.d/xcatd
   elif [ -x /sbin/chkconfig ]; then
diff --git a/xCATsn/xCATsn.spec b/xCATsn/xCATsn.spec
index 7e453ec80..309eb188f 100644
--- a/xCATsn/xCATsn.spec
+++ b/xCATsn/xCATsn.spec
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ BuildRoot: /var/tmp/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 #BuildArch: noarch
 Source1: xcat.conf
 Provides: xCATsn = %{version}
-Requires: xCAT-server xCAT-client  perl-xCAT perl-XML-Parser 
+Requires: xCAT-server xCAT-client  perl-xCAT perl-XML-Parser
 
 %ifos linux
 Requires: atftp dhcp httpd nfs-utils expect conserver fping bind perl-DBD-Pg postgresql-server postgresql syslinux
 %endif
 
 %ifarch i386 i586 i686 x86 x86_64
-Requires: xCAT-nbroot-oss-x86_64 xCAT-nbroot-core-x86_64 xCAT-nbkernel-x86_64 
+Requires: xCAT-nbroot-oss-x86_64 xCAT-nbroot-core-x86_64 xCAT-nbkernel-x86_64
 Requires: ipmitool >= 1.8.9
 %endif
 
@@ -49,17 +49,19 @@ if [ "$1" = "1" ]; then #Only if installing for the first time..
  mkdir -p /var/log/consoles
 
 # makes it a service node
-  touch /etc/xCATSN    
+  touch /etc/xCATSN
 
 
 
 
 ###  Start the xcatd daemon
 
-    XCATROOT=$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0 /etc/init.d/xcatd start
     chkconfig httpd on
-	/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop
-	/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start
+    if (-f '/proc/cmdline') {      # this check avoids running these when being installed into a chroot image
+    	XCATROOT=$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0 /etc/init.d/xcatd start
+		/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop
+		/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start
+	}
     echo "xCATsn is now installed"
 fi